Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
Paul E. Kanjorski
Paul Kanjorski was a Democratic U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 1985, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–111th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 3890 Accountability and Transparency in Rating Agencies ActDec 17, 2010 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 406.
- H.R. 3818 Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009Dec 17, 2010 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 407.
- H.R. 3817 Investor Protection Act of 2009Dec 17, 2010 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 408.
- H.R. 5017 Rural Housing Preservation and Stabilization Act of 2010Apr 28, 2010 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- H.R. 4875 Medical School Construction Grant ActMar 17, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1718 (104th) To designate the United States courthouse located at 197 South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, as the "Max Rosenn United States Courthouse".Became law
- H.J.Res. 667 (101st) To designate November 16, 1990, as "National Federation of the Blind Day".Became law
- H.R. 1341 (102nd) Federal Employee Reduction-in-Force Notification ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 5232 (109th) Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge Study ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 1392 (110th) Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Life Insurance Awareness Month".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 6513 (110th) Securities Act of 2008Passed a chamber
- H.R. 6312 (110th) Credit Union, Bank, and Thrift Regulatory Relief Act of 2008Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1084 (111th) Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable John P. Murtha, a Representative from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Kanjorski has won
Rep. Kanjorski has won 13 U.S. House elections (1984–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.3 to 88.8 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Pennsylvania’s 11th district done while Rep. Kanjorski served?
2005 to 2010 in PA-11: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 2.9 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 3.5 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Pennsylvania’s 11th district during Kanjorski’s time representing it (1985 to 2011). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. PA-11 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2018 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Kanjorski’s term so far (2005 to 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 22 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 22 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 6 | See the 6 → |
| With a committee report listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 3 | See the 3 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 111th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.